Canon Policy

This wiki has enforced quality control policies, in order to preserve the integrity of the site and its users. You cannot be banned for breaking most of these policies (except in cases of extremely numerous repeat offenses); however, articles and stories that do not meet the requirements laid out here will be tagged and their authors will be encouraged to fix the issues.

## Canon Friendliness

Works on this site must not conflict with official Age of Sigmar canon, unless they are part of an alternate universe (see the "Alternate Universes" section below). Works that violate this will be tagged as "Non-Canon Friendly", or "NCF" for short.

### What is Canon?

Within fiction the definition of "canon" is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe of that story. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction. The alternative terms mythology, timeline, universe and continuity are often used, with the former being especially used to refer to a richly detailed fictional canon requiring a large degree of suspension of disbelief (e.g. an entire imaginary world and history), while the latter two typically refer to a single arc where all events are directly connected chronologically. Other times, the word can mean "to be acknowledged by the creator(s)."

Within the Age of Sigmar community, most content created or licensed by the franchise's owner, Games Workshop, Limited, is considered to be canon. However, some sources are more canon than others. This means that if two canon sources conflict each other, whichever source is considered more important or trustworthy is the one that is to be followed. This is known as a canon hierarchy. Canon hierarchies may vary from person to person, but to make things simpler, this wiki follows a single hierarchy, which is as follows:

1. Officially released statements from Games Workshop and/or its employees
2. Official Warhammer Age of Sigmar Battletomes and Core Books
3. Black Library Publications
4. Forge World Publications
5. Official Games Workshop product descriptions & licensed third-party content (such as movies and video games)
6. Fan-base speculation

If two sources of the same level conflict one another, the newer source overrides the older one.

#### A Note On Canon

Canon in most Warhammer properties is often a difficult issue. Often things established in one era are contradicted in another. Additionally, the Age of Sigmar setting is intentionally designed to be as broad as possible to allow for a nearly unlimited canvas for role play, homebrew, and fan fiction. However, there are still things that simply do not fit in the world, which directly contradict the core of particular factions and characters. We would like to keep these out of this wiki, because if everyone is on the same page with these things, it makes the various pages on here seem more like a coherent collection adding to the Mortal Realms.

### Non-Canon Friendly

Articles that contradict canon are to be tagged as **Non-Canon Friendly**, or **NCF**. In order to tag a page that is NCF, place the NCF Template at the top of the page using the shorthand code {{NCF}}, and a comment must be left on the talk page detailing the reason for the tagging. Only an administrator may remove the template, unless a page is tagged as NCF but no explanation is given within 24 hours, in which case the author of the tagged page may remove the NCF template themselves.

The use of inflammatory language (i.e. the use of language that is likely and/or clearly intended to provoke another user) when explaining an NCF tagging will result in the tagger receiving a warning. However, the tagging may remain depending on whether or not the site administration believes the issues stated by the tagger to be legitimate, although if it does remain the original explanation for the tagging will be deleted, and an administrator shall then submit their own explanation for the tagging.

After an article is marked as NCF, the author has two weeks to either fix the article or refute the tagging. After the two week period is over, a vote will be held as to whether or not the tag should be removed or the article should remain tagged and be moved into namespace. The article's author may not submit a vote, but all other users may do so.

Some things that are considered Non-Canon Friendly:

* *This list will be expanded as we run into examples of common canon issues.*

**Note:** For more a more detailed explanations, please refer to the Wiki's Guide Portal and the individual 'How To' Guides.

## Expanded & Alternate Universes

### Expanded Universes

An Expanded Universe or EU is collection of homebrew, fan-made works which expand upon established canon, but does not contradict it. All works on this site are considered to be part of a user's own personal Expanded Universe unless otherwise stated. Note that because of this you may not link to another user's work unless you have that user's permission. Repeatedly linking (three times or more) to another user's work without their consent will be treated as a form of plagiarism. The exception are pages that have been specifically marked by their author to be open for community use, and can thus be linked to or constructively edited by anyone without repercussions.

This wiki also allows users to create collaborative Expanded Universes. Collaborative EUs allow multiple users to contribute to a shared Expanded Universe. Different collaborative EUs may have different entry requirements, some may have none at all and allow anyone to contribute, while others may require users to have been invited or that they submit an entry application. Collaborative EUs may also impose additional quality control requirements in addition to the ones laid out here (conversely, they may **NOT** attempt to exempt themselves from any site policies). However, collaborative EUs cannot require their participants to contribute all of their work on this site to the EU, regardless of whether or not that includes their work prior to joining the EU. The site administration believes this to be unreasonable as well as potentially detrimental to one's experience on the site.

### Alternate Universes

Alternate Universes (AU for short), unlike Expanded Universes, **DO** diverge significantly from established canon. While AUs are a tricky subject, in short, this wiki *does* allow them. However, AUs **must** be **collaborative** projects (with a **minimum** of *six* active contributors) centered around a core idea that differentiates the AU from established canon. For example, the Dornian Heresy project started by Aurelius Rex over on the Bolter and Chainsword forum, takes familiar aspects of the Warhammer 40k setting and alters them. In this twisted alternate timeline Warmaster Horus was able to cast off the daemonic influences that sought to possess him, and where the Ruinous Powers were instead forced to corrupt Rogal Dorn instead to overthrow the Emperor. AUs are **NOT** to be used to exempt one's content from the Canon Policy. This is why AUs must have a core idea that is clearly outlined in the AU's central project page.

## Current Timeline

Age of Sigmar occurs in a progressive narrative consisting of multiple ages. As of April 1, 2021, the Broken Realms event is just getting started. It is good to situate your factions and characters inside some of these events, though there is no obligation to keep current with the most recent events, and it is fine to discuss only things surrounding the Necroquake, for example. However, we are in the Age of Sigmar, any references to "current times" should be situated somewhere in the Age of Sigmar. Discussions of the Age of Chaos, Age of Myth, or the Old World should be discussed in the past tense, preferably in separate history sections.

## Crossovers

Crossovers are not allowed on this wiki under any circumstances. This wiki is meant for fan-works involving Age of Sigmar **only**. While you may make references to other fictional universes in your work here, you may not outright include elements from them.

The issue of the Old World and the Mortal Realms means that certain aspects from the old Warhammer Fantasy universe have been carried into the Age of Sigmar. This means it is acceptable to have certain aspects of your homebrew originate from the World That Was. However, you can not carry canon characters over, meaning that a tale of Settra the Imperishible in the Mortal Realms is not canon, and anyway your homebrews should not be focused on GW canon characters. Additionally, any page that discusses the World That Was should have the Age of Sigmar as its primary focus. This is not a Warhammer Fantasy homebrew wiki. We don't hate the Old World here, we are just keeping it separate.

If you are set on writing a crossover story and are unwilling to write about Age of Sigmar only, there are numerous other websites on which you may post your ideas and content, such as fanfiction.net or deviantart.com.

**Note:** Portions of the text here has been copied from the affiliate Warhammer 40K Fanon Wiki under the Fair Use doctrine. No challenge to their status intended.