In the 1991 book Ere We Go ( Subtitled " Space Orks in Warhammer 40, 000 ") and in the Gorkamorka rulebook, the Snotlings were revealed to be the original form of the entire Ork species.

* Ork ( Warhammer 40, 000 )

Even more removed genre games such as Shadowrun and Warhammer 40, 000 use the term, therein spelt Ork, possibly to sidestep possible legal issues ( though Tolkien actually preferred-k in late writings ).

# REDIRECT Ork ( Warhammer 40, 000 )

The Slann are reputed to have created some of the major races in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe, the most notable of which are the Orks ( who are hinted to be referring to them as the Brainboyz, though the most recent publication of the Ork codex has implied that the snotling fulfilled this role ) and Eldar ( who are the only race that keeps records from the age ) who were created with their psychic abilities to take part in the war between the Necrons and the Old Ones in which they were all but wiped out by the C ' tan and the Enslaver plague.

# REDIRECT Ork ( Warhammer 40, 000 )

* Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War 2-Space Marine, Ork Boyz

Over recent years their model designers have made an effort to make kits compatible with each other to make this easier for modelers ( a good example of this is the Fantasy Orc and 40, 000 Ork ranges, which are entirely compatible with each other, allowing modelers to mix and match to create interesting and distinctive looking models for their forces ).

A second pressing of 2, 000 on red vinyl had a different back cover, removing the band photo and mention of Ork and replacing it with artwork of a bullet hole and the words " better dead on red ".

* Ork ( folklore ), a mountain demon of Tyrol folklore

* Ork ( computer game ), a game for the Amiga and Atari ST systems, published by Psygnosis in 1991

Mork is assigned his mission by Orson, his mostly-unseen and long-suffering superior ( voiced by Ralph James ), who has sent Mork to Earth to get him off Ork, due to the fact that humor is not permitted on Ork.

In his later, post-The Lord of the Rings writings ( including The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and many essays published in The Peoples of Middle-earth ), Tolkien preferred the spelling Ork, evidently mainly to avoid the form Orcish, which would be naturally pronounced with the c as / s / instead of / k / in English.

Millions of Orks will gather together, drawn to the power of a single dominant Ork called a Warboss, who are essentially extremely successful Ork Nobs, distinguished from most Nobs thanks to their higher level of intelligence, many qualifying as geniuses even by human standards ( which is not to say that Warbosses are always intelligent ; some are simply too big, too green, and too strong to be resisted ), though their lack of education can often lead their enemies to assume their stupidity ( which is usually the last mistake they make ).

( a huge Ork invasion ), crashed into Angelis, plowing a massive canyon, " Da Skid ", and devastating the world's ecosystem.

' This novel features sorcerers who become destroyed by forbidden knowledge and takes place in the Warhammer 40, 000 setting, itself utilizing Lovecraftian themes.

* Symbol of the Imperium ( Warhammer 40, 000 ) in the fictional Warhammer 40, 000 universe

* In the table-top strategy game Warhammer 40, 000, hyperstructures, called " hives ," are extremely common and are the main method of housing large populations in the billions.

Necromunda, an off-shoot game set in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe, involves conflict between rival gangs on the hive world of Necromunda.

* Fenris, homeworld of the Space Wolves Space Marine chapter in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe

An example of a diorama hobby is Warhammer 40, 000, from Games Workshop.

The Black Templars in Warhammer 40, 000 have an item called the Holy Orb of Antioch, which is a very powerful hand grenade carried by Black Templar commanders.

* Legion ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a Horus Heresy novel by Dan Abnett

* In the video game Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War the main character sometimes on the move order say " Nobody expects the imperial Inquisition ".

* In the video game Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II – Retribution, the character Inquisitor Andrastia has " my chief weapons are surprise and fear " as one of her lines.

* In the tabletop wargame Warhammer 40, 000 ( set 38, 000 years in the future ), Mars is a vast, heavily colonized ' Forge World ,' home to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Tech-Priests of Mars.

* Magnus the Red, a character in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe

In the tabletop game Warhammer 40, 000, the forces use mecha of a variety of sizes and shapes.

* In the 2009 Warhammer 40, 000 novel Mechanicum by Graham McNeill, the noosphere is an experimental communication infrastructure that empowers the user by harnessing the power of the collective mind.

* Nemesis, a Warhammer 40, 000 novel, book 13 in The Horus Heresy Novel Series

* Phalanx, a Warhammer 40, 000 novel currently being published in serialized form in the monthly publication Hammer and Bolter

* Sigismund, a character from the Warhammer 40, 000 game series, First Captain of the Imperial Fists Legion and later founder and first High Marshall of the Black Templars Chapter

* The Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40, 000, administered by the High Lords of Terra in the God-Emperor's name.

* Titan Legions, units of giant bipedal war machines in the Warhammer 40, 000 game universe

* Terminator ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a type of Space Marine in the Warhammer 40, 000 setting

* Marienburg ( Warhammer ), a fictional city in the Warhammer Fantasy world

* Norsca ( Warhammer ), a fictional land in the Warhammer Fantasy game setting

Initially covering a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing and board games, particularly the role playing games ( Advanced ) Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller ( which were all published by other games companies ), the magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s and is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop, mainly the core systems of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40, 000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

The magazine's content is divided among the three core games ( Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40, 000 and The Lord of the Rings SBG ), with roughly equal amounts of page space devoted to each, although The Lord of the Rings SBG usually has the least amount of space with usually only 1 / 4 to 1 / 5 of the magazine.

MMORPGs, originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as RuneScape ( 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Eve Online ( 2003 ), Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided ( 2003 ), World of Warcraft ( 2004 ), and Everquest II ( 2004 ), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ( 2007 ) and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) are released.

* Squat ( Warhammer 40, 000 ), a race in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe

Its various factions and races include the Imperium of Man, a decentralized yet totalitarian interstellar empire that has ruled the vast majority of humanity for millennia, the Orks ( similar to Warhammer Fantasy Orcs ), the Eldar ( similar to Elves in Warhammer Fantasy Battle ), and Daemons ( very similar in both universes, although the precise natures of their creation and existence vary slightly ), among others.