Wherever humans have travelled in the galaxy, they have found Orks. Living on innumerable worlds, on some, the Orks dominate completely, on others they live in a state of perpetual war, and on others still they act as slavemasters, bullying the local populations into doing their bidding.Īcross the galaxy there are isolated Ork Worlds, interstellar Ork realms, massive Ork empires, and Ork hordes that roam the stars upon gigantic Space Hulks. 999.M41.Īn Ork Empire, also called an Ork Domain, is a region of the Milky Way Galaxy that is controlled by the xenos menace known as the Orks. Ordo Xenos stellar map displaying the known Ork enclaves and active WAAAGH!s, ca. From remarks on the 'Nature of the Unknown' by Estivan Mauritin, advisor to Rogue Trader Hiram Sult The beasts wait in the dark and shunned reaches like the things glimpsed in the forests of old, things that looked out with red, shining eyes and hearts filled with the joy of ruin.'
' There are beasts among the stars, beasts that would crush our lives, make ash of our worlds and break all that we hold sacred.