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Chapter 2: ~The Great Crusade

Summary:

A quick summery of the Great Crusade.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

~The Cipher Heresy~

~The Great Crusade~

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The 31st Milenea was one of conquest and discovery for the ever growing Imperium of Man. Under the guidance of the great God Emperor, the Imperium expanded its borders, liberating and educating every world brought into its fold.

It was during this time that the God Emperor would genetically design and create twenty demigod sons. These were the Primarchs, powerful beings each made with a powerful presence within that of the Warp. Each aurora was unique from the other. From their newly made geneseed, the God Emperor also built the first ever Legiones Astartes, soldiers of unmatched strength and grit. He had great plans for both of his great creations,

When the God Emperor sent his sons off into the galaxy to land on specific planets to grow and adapt in specific ways, but unbeknownst to him at the time, something else decided to throw a wrench into his perfectly laid out plans. Forces from deep within the space inbetween real space and non-reality, the Warp, wanted a foothold in real space, and they needed Humanity to do so, thus they scattered the Primarchs' capsules to mess with the Emperor and try and gain a servant of Chaos.

Only centuries later would they see the fruits of their disease filled labor.

Upon sensing the scattering of his beloved creations, the God Emperor was forced to jumpstart his great crusade earlier than expected, gathering his fleets and space marines to go out and gather the forces of Humanity from their solitudes to join his great Imperium of Man.

Slowly he gathered his sons, each time learning of their feats and strengths, as well as their faults. Each had a flaw, and each had a grand strength that they brought to their legions.

Horus Lupercal was the first to be found on Cthonia, a great and prosperous mining world filled with great landmasses of ores and resources. The Emperor landed with a squad of his Custodians, asking the local populous present to tell him where his son may reside. Soon, from the crowd, came the great warrior, wielding a battlemace of untold proportions. He proclaimed himself Defender of the Lupercal Gate, Horus Lupercal. He bowed to the Emperor, recognizing him as his father. Horus would be reunited with his legion, the Luna Wolves. He would rename them the Sons of Horus soon afterwards.

Thus the journey to unite the empires of man under one banner and gather the Primarchs began.

Slowly but surely the Imperium grew, and the legions gained their leaders. Though some caused the Emperor slight hesitation to let them join he reign.

Konrad Curze had been plagued with visions and migraines of incredible proportions, and his upbringing hadn't been so kind, his sense of justice and heroism being skewed and twisted. Thus he had the troubled Primarch placed under Magnus the Red, possibly the most powerful Psycher after the Emperor himself and Malcador and thus capable of having and understanding visions.

Corvus Corax had been experimented on in his homeworld of Deliverance, and had become a twisted thing like Konrad, but in a more animalistic way. He was obsessed with shadows and would never state why, only muttering about how beautiful the shadows were.

Rogal Dorn had built a mini empire within the Imperium, a great golden empire. But when the Ork WAAAAGH that had spread through the Imperium had caused Rogal's empire to shatter and become nothing more than rubble. Despite Perturabo arriving to give aid (seeing that while he and Rogal where both incredibly brutal with each other, he couldn't watch Rogal's empire fall), Rogal blamed Perturabo, saying that he never cared for Rogal's Imperial Fists. Nothing Perturabo did could cease Rogal's anger.

Logar had become such a prophet of the Emperor's godhood that every world that Logar had conquered made the Word Bearer's Primarch become more and more prideful. Eventually he made a massive temple to the Emperor, which was the final straw for the Emperor. Despite Vulkan, Primarch of the Salamanders, and Angron's, Primarch of the World Eaters, protests, the Emperor sent the Ultramarines to destroy the temple.

The biggest issue the Emperor had was with Leman Russ. Found on the planet Fenris, at first the savage and ferocious Primarch was just what the Emperor needed to eliminate certain foes and… loose ends. Thus soon after all the Primarchs were gathered, he sent Leman to deal with two Legions and their Primarchs that had done deeds so horrendous they have been removed from all digital records of the Imperium. When Leman returned, however, something had changed. It was as if seeds had been planted within his mind, ones that had yet to sprout, but had already taken root.

Despite these and a few other problems within his ranks, the Great Crusade continued, conquering those who opposed them, and aiding those who joined. Though there was one major issue.

That being the constant threat of Chaos. The Imperium needed a way to avoid Warp travel, for the forces of Chaos reside in the war, and were constantly calling forth for those onboard great vessels to join their ranks of daemons and cultists. Thus the Emperor began to explore alternate ways to travel.

All failed… except for one potential option. The Alderai spoke of a place beyond the Warp, where the Warp gods had no word, no place, no actual form. The Webway. Thus the Emperor's new project began.

But before that could begin, a great unrest had begun to rise into vocal hatred towards those known as Psychers.

This would cause the need for a meeting with all the Primarchs to decide their fate…

Notes:

As much as I love learning about the Horus Heresy and other Heresies, the whole GREAT CRUSADE thing seems dull to me besides the Primarchs being located. Just so you know why this chapter was so short.