Death unto Darkness
Death Unto Darkness is a LARP system based on an an unapologetically feminist and queer take on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40k universe. In our current campaign, the players take on roles as agents of the Inquisition assigned to a far-off sector of the universe, fighting against Chaos, Xenos, Heresy, and, occasionally, other bits of the Imperium.
We are a not-for-profit fan-group and no individual involved in this game gains any financial benefit from doing so. All event fees are to cover the cost of hiring sites and building props for events and nothing further.
This site is dedicated to the rules and current setting of the system. If you're interested in more, you can visit our Facebook group, or contact the system team at deathuntodarkness@gmail.com to ask for a link to our Discord server.
Quick Start
If you're new to Death Unto Darkness, here are some good places to start:
- Campaign Events includes information on Death Unto Darkness events, including details of the next event.
- Building a Character guides you through the process of creating a character to play Death Unto Darkness.
- An Age of Ignorance helps explain our approach to the 40k setting and lore, and the knowledge an ordinary character can expect to have.
- System Policies and Ethos explains important game policies including our approach to Equality & Diversity, self-care, behaviour at games and the social contract.
- Look and Feel explains the visual aesthetic of costume and kit that we ask players to aim for at our games.
- Reading the Wiki provides some recommendations on where to go next.
Who is Death Unto Darkness About?
Death Unto Darkness is a story about the Servants of the Inquisition. It is a story about those who carry out the grim work of the Inquisition - not the powerful Inquisitors themselves, but their Acolytes and Servants who sweat blood and tears in the neverending struggles hidden in the shadows of the Imperium. These people are not heroes, though they may be heroic, because heroes get recognition and glory. These people do not. They might lead double lives where their aliases’ deeds are recognised, but only so far as they are permitted by their true masters, the secretive figures that guide the Imperium. If they try and leave then, by velvet glove or iron gauntlet, they are always dragged back despite their wishes. Ultimately, they know - and the Inquisition knows - that they have stared the truths of the universe in the face; and innocence, once lost, cannot be recovered.
To report problems with this wiki, please email wiki.deathuntodarkness@gmail.com.