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Dark Lands (Warhammer)
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The Dark Lands are a location in the Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer Fantasy setting. It is roughly analogous to the real world steppe land east of the Urals.
On maps released by the Games Workshop the Dark Lands are a vast area of wasteland that lie between the World Edge Mountains and the Mountains of Mourn. They are said to be ruled by waring tribes of Orcs & Goblins, except in the very north where the Chaos Dwarf Empire dominates. To the south west is the Plain of Bones where the remains of many dead dragons can be found. This area draws practitioners of necromancy and the Undead. To the south east are the Dragon Isles which are often cited as a desirable, if dangerous, location for voyages in search of riches to aim for.
The Dark Lands frequently feature in Warhammer literature as the source of Orc and Goblin invasions that plague the Old World. In many respects this is based upon the successive real world invasions of Europe by mobile eastern groups from the steppe land, such as the Huns and Alans.
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