In the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The Age of Strife is a time when humanity begins to manifest psychic powers. Due to this, civilization starts to disintegrate under the stress of widespread insanity, daemonic possession, and internecine strife between these new 'psykers' and the rest of humanity. Internal fighting, Empires battle one another and the onset of Warp storms which isolate home worlds for several thousand years. The destruction of mankind seems allmost immenent