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These Old Ones were brought low by the daemonic forces inadvertently unleashed by the collapse of their Warp Gates (one on the NorthвЂ…Pole and one on the SouthвЂ…Pole), leaving their creations to fend for themselves. Many factions, such as the Elves, the Lizardmen, the Ogres and the Halflings, have been created by the OldвЂ…Ones: star-travelling gods responsible for the creation of most of the setting's sentient races. Further east of them is another powerful human civilisation known as Grand Cathay (corresponding to China). Most of the featured human nations are based in the Old World (analogous to real world Europe): The Empire ( HolyвЂ…RomanвЂ…Empire), Bretonnia ( France and KingвЂ…Arthur), and Kislev ( Russia).

Mankind, the most prominent, often proves to be the most susceptible to the corrupting influence of Chaos.

There are numerous nations and races in the Warhammer World. Like Middle-earth, Warhammer's Dwarfs are declining in population, the Elves have mostly departed for homelands in the West, and a Great Necromancer is reborn after the defeats in his Southern stronghold. Many events are lifted and modified directly from real-world history, including the BlackвЂ…Plague and the MoorishвЂ…invasionвЂ…ofвЂ…Spain, and others from original fantasy sources. The Old World is recognisably Europe approximating to a variety of historical periods including the Renaissance - the Empire being set over what is modern Germany - medieval France, Roman Italy and Celtic Britain. The Warhammer World borrowed considerably from historical events and other fantasy fiction settings. What is recognizable as the Warhammer World began with the expansion material to the first edition of the game Warhammer, but was formulated as a distinct setting with a world map in the second edition. The Warhammer world drew inspiration from Tolkien's Middle-earth, but also from RobertвЂ…EвЂ…Howard ( ConanвЂ…theвЂ…Barbarian) and MichaelвЂ…Moorcock, as well as history, particularly European history. The development of the setting began with the release of a game simply called 'Warhammer' in 1983.

The world itself was populated with a variety of races such as humans, high elves, darkвЂ…elves, wood elves, dwarfs, undead, orcs, lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings. From MichaelвЂ…Moorcock, its creators took the theme of 'Chaos' as a force unceasingly attempting to tear the mortal world asunder. Warhammer is notable for its 'dark and gritty' background world, which reference a range of historical cultures, along with other fantasy settings, in particular Tolkien's Middle-earth. Warhammer Fantasy is a fictional fantasy universe created by GamesвЂ…Workshop and used in many of its games, including the tableвЂ…topвЂ…wargame WarhammerвЂ…FantasyвЂ…Battle, the WarhammerвЂ…FantasyвЂ…Roleplay (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playingвЂ…game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG WarhammerвЂ…Online:вЂ…AgeвЂ…ofвЂ…Reckoning, the strategy games TotalвЂ…War:вЂ…Warhammer, TotalвЂ…War:вЂ…WarhammerвЂ…II and TotalвЂ…War:вЂ…WarhammerвЂ…III and the two first-person shooter games in the Warhammer Vermintide series, Warhammer:вЂ…EndвЂ…TimesвЂ…-вЂ…Vermintide and Warhammer:вЂ…VermintideвЂ…2. A crowd gathered around a Warhammer set-up

Which warhammer books focus on the skaven