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==History==
[[Image:GalaxyPic.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A distant view of the Galaxy{{Fn|7c}}]]
The Old Ones are said to have had a slow, cold-blooded wisdom, studying the stars and raising astrology and astronomy to an arcane science. It was their understanding of the universe that allowed them to manipulate alternate dimensions and it was known that they undertook great works of psychic engineering.{{Fn|1b}} At some unknown point, they crafted the [[Webway]] to serve as a conduit through which they could travel to far-flung worlds without suffering from the tides of the [[Warp]].{{Fn|4}} Such was their advanced science that they had the capacity to cross vast tracts of space with a single step by way of Webway portals and through such means they managed to spread their spawn to many other places.{{CMEFn|1a}}{{Fn|4}}
The Old Ones believed that all life was useful and they are known to have brought about the rise of numerous new species and impregnated thousands of worlds which they made their own.{{Fn|1b}} The Old Slann believed that the object of life itself was to perfect their mortal souls, and learned that if an individual's mind was sufficiently powerful that it would remain whole within the [[Warp]] after death where it could reincarnate as it wished, provided they were able to resist the diseased consciousnesses of the [[Chaos|Powers of Chaos]] which could consume their identity.{{Fn|11}}
