Can the Imperium beat chaos?

So as long as any race capable of feeling exists, Chaos will never truly be defeated.

Is the Imperium failing?

The official line is that, with brief and localized interruptions, the Imperium has been losing for 10,000 years. The massive warp rift that has split the Imperium in two is but the latest attempt to portray that. Since 40K is more setting than story, though, the Imperium will never actually lose.

Is 40K a satire?

Good gods yes, absolutely. The whole thing was essentially made up as a joke that went too far, and is largely a satirical commentary on more or less every aspect of global society, if you look hard enough. In most instances, aspects of 40K are aspects of modern society taken to their absurd extremes.

What happened to the Imperium of Man?

Shrinking the Imperium’s size by half has not made it easier to supply, but instead has doubled the dangers to every world. The two halves of Imperial space are now separated by the roiling Warp Storms that comprise the Cicatrix Maledictum, connected only by the passage through the rift known as the Nachmund Gauntlet.

What happened to humanity in the 41st millennium?

As the threats to the Imperium grew in the last centuries of the 41st Millennium, Humanity stood on the precipice of utter extinction. The “Time of Ending” was the era of Humanity’s judgement, where faith was tested by fire and every man or woman’s courage was pushed to its limits — and well beyond.

What is the Imperium Sanctus?

The Imperium Sanctus consists of the Segmentums Pacificus, Tempestus and Solar, and portions of both the Segmentum Obscurus and Segmentum Ultima. The name is a hollow one, for even beyond the influence of the Great Rift, the dire edge of the times can be felt.

Who is the Warmaster of Chaos Abaddon?

In 822.M41 the Warmaster of Chaos Abaddon the Despoiler raids the Aeldari Maiden World of Ildanira, seeking a long-lost Chaos artefact. He is driven away by the forces of the Alaitoc Craftworld. Such an action is only minor compared to the many wars consuming the galaxy at this time, but its portents loom large in hindsight.