Human

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Humans are a race in Warhammer, essentially identical to humans in the real world and living much shorter lives than Dwarfs or Elves. There are several human nations in the Warhammer world, mostly located in the Old World, with the eastern nations of Cathay, Nippon and the Kingdoms of Ind being much less well known.

Humans populate the Empire, the largest of the Old World nations. The others include Bretonnia, Tilea, Estalia, Kislev, the city state of Marienburg, and the minor principalities of the Border Princes. Although all these nations share trading links and a common racial heritage, they are in no way allied, and relations between the different states are rarely friendly. All the nations of the Old World are considered 'civilised', and all reject the lure of the Chaos Gods and the Realm of Chaos, instead worshipping a pantheon of gods which, with a few exceptions, are recognised by all Old Worlders.

Other groups of humans include the Northmen (the Hung, the Kurgan and the Norse) from Norsca and the Chaos Wastes who make up the bulk of the followers of the Chaos gods, the Arabyans, the fierce people from the Southlands, and various scattered primitive tribes in the New World.

In comparison to the other races, humans are considered the most adaptable, and the most prone to compulsion. While this can give rise to the single-mindedness, ingenuity and righteous conviction found in citizens of the Empire, it also allows humans to be easily corrupted and manipulated by the powers of Chaos. The most favoured of all the followers of the Chaos gods are almost always human.