| rdfs:comment | - Morrslieb or the Chaos Moon is the second moon of the warhammer world. Its orbit is indeterminate and its cycle, sporadic.
- Morrslieb is said to be made from a giant chunk of Warpstone, though obviously this is unable to be verified. In the Warhammer World, the Skaven, an intelligent race of rat-men, are notoriously fond of Warpstone, large chunk of which have been known to rain down on the Warhammer World from the skies. The Dwarfs know Morrslieb as Mhornalhune - translated roughly into Reikspiel as Shadow-Moon.
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| abstract | - Morrslieb or the Chaos Moon is the second moon of the warhammer world. Its orbit is indeterminate and its cycle, sporadic.
- Morrslieb is said to be made from a giant chunk of Warpstone, though obviously this is unable to be verified. In the Warhammer World, the Skaven, an intelligent race of rat-men, are notoriously fond of Warpstone, large chunk of which have been known to rain down on the Warhammer World from the skies. Morrslieb's name translates from Old Reikspiel as "Beloved of Morr", the Old World's god of the dead, and there are a great many myths and legends that explain the Dark Moon's nature. However the deity Morr, unlike the moon Morrslieb named for him, is not associated at all with Chaos or evil, but rather the ending of life (regardless of the manner in which it is achieved) as well as dreams and portents. Where Mannslieb is full every 25 days, on a constant and predictable cycle, Morrslieb is not. Indeed, few have been able to accurately predict Morrslieb's cycle, and the moon's appearance varies from night to night, sometimes appearing nearer the world, sometimes further away - it has been speculated by Imperial scholars that it appears differently when viewed from different locations, such that a man perceiving it as full over Altdorf would see it waning were he in Talabheim. In spite of this arcane irregularity, there are only two nights where both Morrslieb and Mannslieb are full during the year: Witching Night (the first day of the year, also known as Hexensnacht in Old Reiksiel, or Hekesdrazh to the Dwarfs), and the Night of Mysteries (exactly 6 months later, about a month after the Summer Solstice - also known as Geheimnisnacht in Old Reikspiel, or Skraksdrazh to the Dwarfs). The Dwarfs know Morrslieb as Mhornalhune - translated roughly into Reikspiel as Shadow-Moon. During the End Times, Clan Skyre of the Skaven decided to destroy the Dark Moon, sending its debris crashing down upon the Lizardmen and inadvertently also killing the rest of the Skaven in the process, along with the entire country of Lustria.
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