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{{quote|''It is the 61st Millennium, and the Age of Dusk is upon us. Let us hope dawn will break on a new universe. For hope is all we have, screaming against the storm.''}}
 
The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909162033/http://s6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1111 Age of Dusk] (updates [https://web.archive.org/web/20130523213750/http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=231 here]) is the sequel to Lord Lucan's monumental [[Warhammer 40,000]] fanfic [[The Shape of the Nightmare to Come]], but covers the 51-61st millenia instead of the 42nd-51st millenia.
 
As a sequel, please consult [[The Shape of the Nightmare to Come|this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check [[Warhammer 40,000|its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
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* [[Ramming Always Works]]: Against a Witch Hunter class cruiser or its progenitor the Tau Idealist, it doesn't. Unless of course, you blow off its engines first or ram one from inside a sun.
* [[Rasputinian Death]]: Chenkov Jr. died in his sleep. Not too special, until you realize took several dozen disgruntled soldiers, fourteen rounds of a heavy stubber, an overdose of tranq, a vial of neurotoxin, a hatchet and three bayonets to make sure he died in his sleep. The legend of Chenkov’s death subsequently did get amplified in the telling, but his remains suggest at least the stubber shots were accurate. Also {{spoiler|Lucius}}.
* [[Recursive Fanfiction]]: Several friends of the original author have written pieces set in the 60K universe. Most of these, like the [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20121021121339/http://thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=883 Fire Beasts], [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20160314080151/http://thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=307 Sons of Thunder] and [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20121028143448/http://thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=905 Sons of Corax] are mentioned in the background as some of Vulkan's comamnderies.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The Void Dragon. And now he's been loosed from his prison in the Solar System.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Warhammer Fantasy]]: a [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Demiurg brotherhood]] mentioned is called the [http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Chaos_Dwarfs Collective of Hashut.]