Region · Segmentum Obscurus

Eye of Terror

Fig. 1 · Location on the map

The Eye of Terror is a colossal warp rift (~20,000 light years across) on the rim of the galaxy, to the galactic north-west of Terra, in the Segmentum Obscurus. A permanent source of Chaos incursions and the abode of the eldar Crone Worlds.

Category: Region
Location: Segmentum Obscurus
Significance on the map: 4 of 5
Place confidence: Place reliable
Events: 3 events

Place on the map

Grounds for placing the system exactly here on the map:

«Eye of Terror… at the rimward edge… galactic northwest of Terra, in the Segmentum Obscurus» — Atlas compilation · source check 2026

Events in the system

Lorgar’s Pilgrimage 964.M30 · Traitor victory
The Great Scouring 015.M31 · Loyalist victory
Battle of Skalathrax 015.M31 · Atrocity

Legions

Legions named in the system’s events:

Factions

Named among the sides of the system’s events:

Daemons of Chaos Warp entity · 2 events
Imperium of Man Other · 1 event
Traitor Legions Other · 1 event

Characters

Linked to the system’s events:

Lorgar Aurelian Primarch · Legion XVII · 1 event
Kor Phaeron Champion · Legion XVII · 1 event
Erebus Champion · Legion XVII · 1 event
Argel Tal Champion · Legion XVII · 1 event
Roboute Guilliman Primarch · Legion XIII · 1 event
Khârn the Betrayer Champion · Legion XII · 1 event

Sources

WH40k Fandom: Eye of Terror
Lexicanum: Eye of Terror
Atlas compilation · source check 2026

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