Thousands of years have passed since The Great Cataclysm and The Old Ones have never returned to repair their gates. The Warhammer World remains isolated and alone. Hundreds of generations have passed and The Old Ones have largely been forgotten, only the longer lived races such as the elves and dwarfs retain some myths about their past involvement in the history of the planet. The barbaric tribes of mortal races living on the planet at the time of the cataclysm have evolved into functioning civilisations and they have learned to live with the consequences of that fateful day even if their knowledge of its cause has been clouded by time.