| abstract | - The Realm of Chaos is a place polluted with evil sorcery. It is a nightmarish landscape from which hordes of bloodthirsty marauders, iron-clad champions, mutant monsters and vile Daemons launch their attacks upon the world. This war-wracked land lies far to the north of the Empire. However, when the Winds of Magic blow strongly, the Realm of Chaos expands; the Northern Wastes are swallowed up and the armies of Chaos pour down through Troll Country into Kislev and the Empire. The furthest the Realm of Chaos has ever expanded in the history of the Empire was during the Great War Against Chaos, which began in the year 2301 IC.[2a] Having risen to prominence among the northern barbarian tribes over many years, Asavar Kul was the most powerful champion of the Dark Gods to have ascended in an age. With his nightmarish armies finally united, he moved southwards, fuelled by the growing tide of Chaos. Daemons moved with them, sustained by fresh tides of life-giving magic, and herds of Beastmen rampaged unchecked through the forests. In the heartlands of the Empire, evil sorcerers and worshippers of the Chaos Gods emerged from their secret conclaves to attack human society from within. As winter engulfed the Old World, the Chaos armies struck. The northern lands of Kislev were quickly overwhelmed.[2a] An army of Kislevites and Ostlanders mustered to face Kul and his unholy allies, but it was crushed north of the city oi Praag. Nothing, it seemed, could stop Kul’s murderous advance, and despite a fierce battle at the bridges of the River Lynsk, the Empire and Kislevite forces were massacred and Kul’s forces crossed the last barrier between it and Praag.[2b]
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