Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-95.148.187.34-20130120214333/@comment-6078851-20130308180447

i'm a bit bummed to find out that GW seem to have placed both settings in parallel universe's, i'd always thought (hoped) the fantasy world existed in the 40k universe.

my interpratation of the corrolation between the two was this.

the fantasy world was a world of the old ones (or maybe a race that preceeded the old ones) which had taken samples of various races, human, eldar, ork etc, from various times, to use as servants, slaves, administrators, warriors etc.

the obsidian gate (can't remember if that's the right name) at the north pole, while being a method of transport, may also have been a defence against chaos incursion (physical and mental) while still allowing use of warp power - magic.

after the calamity (whatever it was, i've never found out), the chaos gods could gain access to the world but in a limited manner because as i understand (or understood) it the gate still exists, so maybe it still provides a fraction of defence - which allows people to still use magic without the chance of possession, and could also be why the peoples of the world don't know of, or fear the gods in the same way as the rest of the galaxy - the north pole gate has greatly protected them/the world due to the technological mastery of the old ones (or their predecessors).

i'm not as clued up about the fantasy realm as i am about the 40k realm so i'm sure there's plenty here to be picked apart, but the two could exist in the same galaxy at the same time while being seperate and distinct formats from each other.