A debate that started in the heart of Blight City has spread throughout the Gnaw as newly-qualified Night Runners not only swear off any connection to their simian forbears, but the concept of an Age of Myth entirely.

“It is obvious-clear that Skaven race is only 300 years old,” insisted movement spokesrat Ken Hammhamm. “Any connection to hideous monkey-things is plot by duardin to mock superior master race, yes-yes.”

However, the evidence provided by the Skaven is shaky, and not widely accepted by the learned of Azyr.

“Through the use of rigorously applied magic, we can be confident that the Mortal Realms are tens of thousands of years old. If not older! The age of the stone, the fossils we’ve found buried in the earth, it all points to the same conclusion: that the Mortal Realms are a beautiful symphony that emerged gradually from great clouds of congealing magic. Not, as some would suggest, a few hundred years ago from the droppings of a giant rat.”

Ken Hammhamm has been dismissive of the claims, characterising his detractors as simply being jealous of Skavendom’s inherent supremacy. As we go to print he has begun fundraising for what he is calling a Creation Museum, a project he hopes to rally support to his cause. Planned exhibitions include an orrery demonstrating how the realms all orbit Blight City, and a diorama of Thanquol riding on a Stegadon.