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*** To some extent, this feeds into the [[Crapsack World]] of the universe. There are plenty of instances demonstrating how horrific it is if some of those atrocities are not committed. To some extent, the Imperials generally get more opportunity to go between Good, Evil and Neutral, but rarely will not be Lawful.
*** The Imperium is always depicted as knowing they are committing a necessary evil, although the alternative would possibly be creating a second [[Negative Space Wedgie]] at the heart of itself (which is kind of what happened with the Eldar). Taking the lesser of two evils means that they think of themselves as good ''in comparison to the alternative''.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Sisters of Battle and Eldar Howling Banshees. ''Not'' the Dark Eldar Wyches, oddly enough, unlike their [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] counterparts.
** Howling Banshees ''do'' have male members according to the lore, though they are rare. This is not, however, represented in any of the models.
*** It's stated in some sources that males walking the path of the Howling Banshee shed their gender identity and consider themselves female, so it's more like Amazon-Transsexual Brigade.
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** To lesser extent, the soul-powered Wraithlords and Wraithguard of the Eldar.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: By the truckload in every size and shape imaginable, from simple daemon weapons to entire planets serving as the titular cans in [[Sealed Evil in a Can]].
* [[Artifact Title]]: In the past, ''Warhammer 40,000'' was essentially ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]], with many setting and system elements borrowed directly from the other game; however, as time went on, both the setting and the system moved away from their ''Warhammer'' roots, and the two games are now distinctly different beasts. The game developers have actively defied the "40,000" part of the title becoming an artifact, as they steadfastly refuse to advance the [[Metaplot]] past the end of the 41st millennium (though some Black Library authors, particularly [[Sandy Mitchell]], have included elements from the early 42nd).
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: May be the above [[Arm Cannon]]. Even in the higher echelons of pretty much every Imperial organisation, there is some discrepancy over just what it is possible to replace damaged parts with. Sometimes actual flesh and blood vat grown limbs are referred to, but most of the time it's large, mechanical, piston-driven coolness.
** Iron Legion Chaos Marines love this trope, as do the Loyalist Iron Hands.
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* [[Dance Battler]]: Eldar Harlequins.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Lelith Hesperax and [[Shout-Out|Kruellagh]] [[101 Dalmatians|the Vile]].
* [[Darker and Edgier]] with respect to the regular [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]], which was fairly grim to begin with.
** It uses this [[Egregious|egregiously]], one might say.
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: The Dark Eldar and The Black Legion.
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* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: Holy hammers, holy bullets, holy stakes, holy artillery rounds, holy flamethrowers, holy [[strike:[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|hand grenades]] [[Shout-Out|orbs of Antioch]]....
* [[Derelict Graveyard]]: Space Hulks.
* [[Derivative Differentiation]]: It used to just be ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' [[Recycled in Space|with space ships]] before adding its own mythos and creatures.
* [[Determinator]]: The Necrons and Tyranids are entire races of [[Implacable Man|Implacable]] Determinators, but insanely determined people crop up everywhere in this universe.
** Non-race-specific example is any unit that has the "Rage" special rule, which force them to go after the closest visible enemy when they move, run, or charge, or the "Feel No Pain" special rule, which lets them keep going despite horrific injury.
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