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Offline Lachdonin

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The Star of Chaos
« on: June 10, 2013, 11:49:29 PM »
So, i've been working away designing a mythos and philosophy to set me Eldar apart from the pack (i have no decided that they view The Path as a stop-gap and nothing more, and that if they keep following it their fight for survival is pointless, because they are killing themselves) and i decided that i would use a rendition of the 8 pointed Star of Chaos to represent their view on Harmony.

So as i was building this mythos and the characters therin, i doodled a few sketches of a 'friendlier' and more Eldar looking 8 pointed Star, and i started thinking...What exactly does it mean?

We know there are 4 Chaos gods, each of which could be considered one of the primary azimuths on the Star (North, East, South, West). But then what are the other points representative of? Are they demi-gods for which we have no real information or who have since been left unmentioned, such as Malak? Are they minor, hybrid domains, such as the Elemental Plane of Ice (which lies between the planes of Water and Air) in the Dungeons and Dragons cosmology?

And then what does the ring represent? Most depictions of the Star of Chaos have a circle either around the points, or at the center.

I unfortunately missed many of the early Chaos books, so i don't know if the symbology was covered earlier in the concept phases of Chaos. Or if it was really established at all.
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Re: The Star of Chaos
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 02:15:40 AM »
Blame Michael Moorcock.

Actually, don't -- blame GW for stealing something Michael Moorcock put together.

I would explain it, but really, the link I provided basically tells you where the symbol came from, so anything I could add would be redundant :P

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Re: The Star of Chaos
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 02:40:04 AM »
Soooo... Basically no meaning beyond basic compass azimuths, in general or pertaining to 40k specifically. Along with some rather obscure reference to the 'path of law'.

Cool, it seems i've already put more thought into my rendition than exists regarding the generic symbol.


** Though it is interesting that Crowley used it... That man was always knee deep in something no one knew about or understood...
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Re: The Star of Chaos
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 01:32:27 PM »
It just generally represents endless possibility (represented by the arrows going in "all" directions) and unpredictableness, ie. chaos. At least that's what I always assumed Moorcocks initial sentiment was.

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Re: The Star of Chaos
« Reply #4 on: August 5, 2013, 07:12:01 PM »
One of the many interpretations for this symbol is the Multiverse. I think it's interesting that this isn't considered a completely evil symbol IRL.
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Re: The Star of Chaos
« Reply #5 on: August 6, 2013, 01:29:18 PM »
Soooo... Basically no meaning beyond basic compass azimuths, in general or pertaining to 40k specifically. Along with some rather obscure reference to the 'path of law'.

Cool, it seems i've already put more thought into my rendition than exists regarding the generic symbol.


** Though it is interesting that Crowley used it... That man was always knee deep in something no one knew about or understood...

You forget the Primordial truth, and their 4 names.

Or perhaps these Eldar would follow Chaos undivided.

In my opinion, such a ancient being already bright in the warp, already knowing of the horrors of it and Slaanesh, would surely hope to change something to prevent them being consumed, more like you'd need to constantly be staying on your toes/evolving, foreseeing the future etc..., Which is why I believe they to be more of a Tzeenchtian dedicated Eldar force. Why wouldn't Eldar who care not for Chaos use Tzeentch itself, even if just for their own end to prevent Slaanesh from ever-consuming their souls, who else would know how? (A real cure, a real change dammit! Not feeding/staving it off, true freedom, real change!)


-I have often though of Crowley in the same, but lets think you and I, was it the symbol, or what the Man Crowley was able to.... possess/charge/energize/frequncized(I made this up) that made it magical? Would make sense if no one knew anything about what he was into, eh?
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