The Webway in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is an extra-dimensional system of tunnels in the warp utilized by the Eldar for faster-than-light travel. Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science In the Fictional universe of Warhammer 40000, the Eldar are a race of Elf -like humanoids
The Webway was created by the ancient Old Ones before the Fall, which has since been utilized by the Eldar. The Old Ones are a mythical and mysterious race or possibly a group of distinct species in the table-top wargame Warhammer 40000
The Webway is a fairly safe method of travel, being free of the Daemon infestations that plague normal alternate-dimension faster-than-light travel in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. In the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40000 Fictional universes the Daemons are malevolent spirits born out of the destructive power The Eldar must extensively make use of the Webway; due to their extensive psychic presence in the Warp, utilizing ordinary travel through the Warp calls daemons to them very quickly.
Much of the Webway has been destroyed or uncharted since the Fall of the Eldar. Combined with the fact that the technology used to build it was lost, intact Webway gates are some of the Eldar's most treasured artifacts. In Role-playing games and fantasy literature an artifact is a magical object with great power They range in size from personal gates for foot travel to massive ones that entire Craftworlds use. Because of the gates' rarity and importance, the Eldar will stop at nothing to either claim them or deny their use to the enemy.
The infamous Black Library, the home to all the surviving knowledge of the Eldar race, is reachable only through the webway, via a path so secretive and well-guarded that Ahriman of the Thousand Sons, one of the mightiest Chaos Space Marines in the Galaxy was unable to penetrate it. In the fictional universe of the table-top Wargame Warhammer 40000, the Harlequins comprise a sub-group of the Eldar race This page lists the most notable Chaos Space Marines, a faction within the fictional universe of Warhammer 40000.
Cegorach (The Laughing God ) and his followers, the Eldar Harlequins also reside in the webway protecting the webway from chaos and helping the Craftworld Eldar in times of need. In the fictional universe of the table-top Wargame Warhammer 40000, the Harlequins comprise a sub-group of the Eldar race In the Fictional universe of Warhammer 40000, the Eldar are a race of Elf -like humanoids
The Dark Eldar city Commorragh is also situated within the webway, which is utilised by the Dark Eldar as frequently as their Eldar cousins use it. In the fictional universe of Warhammer In the fictional universe of Warhammer In the fictional universe of Warhammer In the Fictional universe of Warhammer 40000, the Eldar are a race of Elf -like humanoids
Certain canonical material states that during the final days before the Horus Heresy that the Emperor of Mankind had been secretly working on a device that would have allowed humankind access to the Webway. In the fictional Warhammer 40000 universe the Horus Heresy was a galaxy-spanning Civil war that marked the end of the Great Crusade. This device was a warp gate behind the Golden Throne which he declared would remain closed in his final words before his integration with the Golden Throne.
References
- Kelly, Phil (2006). Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Eldar, 4rd Edition, Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-84154-791-3.
- (2007) The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions. Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1844164241.
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