Hammers of War: Year 40,000

"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."

The Galaxy is such a blessed yet cursed place in the entire universe, for in the countless chances, this cosmic disk home to billions of stars hold the most variety of intelligent life.

The Old Ascendants, the race that have planted the many seeds of life in this galaxy, have gone too far. Incuring the wrath of the silent gods of the vast cosmos, the Star Gods.

This conflict between ancients and gods paved the way for the coming darkness for their descendants. As for the long yet an eye blinked time of 7 million years, the galaxy became the place of horror it is now.

And over these impossible distance and passed ages, countless tales spawned forth. Tales of those high and mighty, falls and destructions, as the untold numbers of the living fought on for their survival and ambitions in these dark and unforgiving void.

The stars would only knew war and carnage. And the gods' laughed.
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This story is an entire personal headcanon lore rewrite of the entire Warhammer 40k verse, with some aspects simplified and explored more, and some elements overhauled completely.

This book is merely a fanfiction of 40k and thus isn't canon friendly.