Eras
The great epochs that carve up the history of The Old World: the ages, crusades, and cataclysms that shaped the setting.
Deep AntiquityThe Time of the Old Ones
The deep antiquity when god-like Old Ones descended from the stars to shape the world according to their inscrutable Great Plan.
~-4500 ICThe Coming of Chaos
The cataclysm when the polar gates collapsed and raw Chaos flooded the world, birthing daemons and damning it to eternal war.
~-30 to 0 ICThe Founding of the Empire
When the warrior Sigmar united the scattered tribes of men, drove back the greenskins, and forged the mightiest realm of mankind.
1152–2304 ICThe Age of the Three Emperors
The long interregnum of civil war and schism, when rival claimants tore the Empire apart and plague stalked the divided provinces.
2302 ICThe Great War Against Chaos
When a vast Chaos incursion nearly drowned the north, until Magnus the Pious rose to reunite the Empire and hurl back the darkness.
~2528 ICThe End Times
The apocalyptic final age, when Chaos undivided and the ratmen's treachery consumed the world in fire, plague, and total annihilation.