一具坐在金色王座上的尸体，已经死了一万年。把它送上王座的，是它最宠爱、最信任的那个儿子。这是战锤40K 最像悲剧的那段往事——也是这一万年黑暗真正的源头。

Ten thousand years before the grimdark present, the Emperor of Mankind's favorite son turned a galaxy-spanning crusade into a civil war that has never truly ended. This is the tragedy at the heart of Warhammer 40,000 — and why its wound still bleeds.

从六千万年前神族互砍，到第 41 千年还在打的圣战，这条时间线一篇捋完，顺带讲讲为什么设定里连日期本身都不可靠。

From two dead god-races fighting over the galaxy 60 million years ago to a resurrected demigod waging holy war in the present — the full history of the grimdark future, in order, with the dates that lie to you on purpose.

战锤40K 的银河里没有好人，也等不来结尾那份和平条约。这篇讲清楚这场仗为什么从结构上就停不下来，以及为什么这恰恰是它的全部用意。

In the 41st millennium there are no good guys, no rescue, and no peace treaty waiting at the end. Here is why the galaxy of Warhammer 40,000 is structurally incapable of stopping the war, and why that is the entire point.

一个垂死的神权帝国，四位用情感凝成的噩梦邪神，外加一打坚信自己才是主角的外星种族。这篇把战锤40K 银河里所有出场的狠角色，一个个介绍给你。

A galaxy at total war needs combatants worth fearing. Here is the cast — a dying god-empire, four nightmare powers wearing reality like a glove, and a dozen alien races that all believe they are the protagonists.

一百万个世界，一位已经死了一万年的神。在第41个千年，你能说出的最乐观的话，就是人类还活着——而这恰恰是最糟的部分。

A galaxy of a million worlds, ruled by a god-emperor who has been dying for ten thousand years. Welcome to the 41st millennium, where the most optimistic thing you can say is that humanity has survived — and that may be the worst part.