A map of the Realm of Chaos; note the positions and distances between the places on this map are only allegorical; distance and time have no meaning in the Aethyr.
The Blood God's Domain is the home realm of the Chaos God Khorne, the god of war, rage, murder and battle, within the ever-shifting, magical landscape of the Realm of Chaos. The Blood God's Domain is the largest of the Ruinous Powers' nightmare kingdoms in the Realm of Chaos, as befitting the waxing power and usually dominant strength of the Blood God in the mortal world and the Great Game alike.[1a]
No subtlety has Khorne. He has no yearning for beauty of form in his black heart, for he is the Blood God, the Skulltaker. His immortal frame has room only for rage and slaughter-lust. So it is that the kingdom of the Blood God is one of constant battle and martial challenge. It serves no other function, for to Khorne all other matters are trivial.[1a]
The Blood God's dominion is little more than league upon league of blasted, crimson wasteland, made ruddy by the blood spilt upon it. Here and there jagged canyons and craters break the uneven ground: the aftermath of a titanic clash where Khorne's daemonic servants battled amongst themselves or against the minions of another deity. On rare occasions, Khorne will bring mortal champions to this place and test their fighting skills. Few such contests end in victory for the mortal, but those fleshlings who endure find their feet set upon the path to daemonhood, whether it is their wish or no.[1a]
The very fabric of Khorne's kingdom is tied to his mood which, while never good, ranges between simmering rage and apocalyptic fury. When the Blood God bellows his rage, the barren ground tremors, lakes of blood boil and the very sky screams. Clouds of black ash belch forth from hidden geysers, incinerating milling combatants or propelling great boulders skyward. Yet still the Daemons battle. They fight not for honour, not for wealth, not even for victory -- they fight for fighting's sake, and for the favour of their wrathful lord.[1a]
Notable Locations
The Brass Citadel of the Blood God's Domain in the Realm of Chaos as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.
Below are listed some of the more notable locations to be found within the Blood God's Domain. For most of these, there is little more information than a name known to mortal scholars of the daemonic, though those are often evocative enough about the nature of these places.
- Bastion Stair
- Boiling Span
- Brass Citadel
- The Skull Throne -- Khorne's literal seat of power within the Blood God's Domain.
- Butcher's Haunt
- Cracked Land
- Forge of the Eight
- Forge of Souls -- The place from which all daemonic Soul Grinders are created.
- Foundry of Rage
The Blood God's Domain with the Brass Citadel in the background, as depicted in Total War: Warhammer III.
- Great Bulwark
- Hunting Fields
- Island of Endless Gore
- Land of the Forgotten
- Machina Daemonium
- Ring of Doom
- Shattered Causeway
- Skull of the First
- Slayer Forge
- Tree of Souls
- Wrathgate
