Horus Heresy

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The Horus Heresy.

The Horus Heresy is a war that features in Warhammer 40,000.

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History

The Horus Heresy was a devastating civil war that afflicted the Imperium of Man in early M31. By the 30th Millennium, the Emperor of Mankind who was the founder and head of state of the newly constituted Imperium of Man, had become a major proponent of order in the Milky Way galaxy, and one of the most formidable enemies of Chaos, its forces, and the various hostile aliens that inhabit the galaxy. In the past, mankind had colonized the stars and had reached an intellectual and technological golden age. However, after being exhausted by a large scale rebellion by artificial intelligences, and when warp storms cut off interstellar travel, humanity's previous civilization collapsed and left its colonies vulnerable to attacks by daemons and aliens during what is known as the Age of Strife. After consolidating his rule on Terra (Earth) and genetically engineering Legions of superhuman warriors (the Space Marines), he embarked, in late–M30, on a Great Crusade once the warp storms receded.[1]:168 The objective was to reunite the millions of human space colonies scattered throughout the galaxy under the Imperium's banner. The Imperium proclaimed an Imperial Truth of science and reason, and against religion and superstition – by extension, weakening the influence of Chaos on the human race and its evolution. Promoting the notions of Order and Truth from a strictly human perspective as put forth by the Emperor, the Imperium had declared the Milky Way the exclusive, rightful domain of Humankind; it maintained that ruling the galaxy is the species' "Manifest Destiny".

While the Emperor was the Supreme Commander of the Crusade's many Expeditions, the Space Marine Legions and the rest of the Imperial military forces were eventually led by his genetically engineered progeny, a group of twenty Primarchs, who were in every aspect even mightier than Space Marines, as well as their progenitors

Overview

In appearance, the Horus Heresy was a galactic conflict fought all across the Milky Way galaxy between the Loyalists and Traitor forces. In time, it also came to be referred to as the Age of Darkness.

Combatants

  • Emperor :
  • Horus Lupercal :
  • Sanguinius :
  • Rogal Dorn :

Notes

  • The Horus Heresy was created by Games Workshop where it featured in the setting of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

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Appearances

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