In the centre of the crater, surrounded by the whitehot remains of a stasis capsule, was a child, barely more than a baby. Though little manpower could be spared, the ruling Executive of Callax sent a handful of scouts to investigate the impact site, hoping for some evidence of human survivors on other worlds. This all changed when one day the guards on the walls of Callax, the largest remaining factory-fortress, saw a meteor descend from the clouds, trailing fire across the sky before impacting barely a mile from the fortress walls. The planet's rulers made every effort to extract enough raw food from the harsh environment to feed their people, but Chemos was a world dying a slow death.
The Libram ex Dominar, one of the few surviving texts from this time, tells that Chemos was one such world, a mining colony dependent on interstellar trade for food. Long ago, during the Age of Strife, warp travel became impossible and all the worlds which humanity had claimed were cut off from one another, forced to fend for themselves without the support of their neighbors in other star systems. He is a warrior without peer, a diplomat supreme.Īs the flames of war spread through the Imperium, mankind’s champions will all be put to the ultimate test.Ĭhapter I Space Marine Legions Emperor’s Emperor s Children He is the Warmaster, the commander-in-chief of the Emperor’s military might, subjugator of a thousand thousand worlds and conqueror of the galaxy. Chief amongst the Primarchs is Horus, called the Glorious, the Brightest Star, favorite of the Emperor, and like a son unto him. Organized into vast armies of tens of thousands called Legions, the Space Marines and their Primarch leaders conquer the galaxy in the name of the Emperor. The Space Marines are the mightiest human warriors the galaxy has ever known, each capable of besting a hundred normal men or more in combat. They are unstoppable and magnificent, the pinnacle of the Emperor’s genetic experimentation. First and foremost amongst these are the Primarchs, superheroic beings who have led the Emperor’s armies of Space Marines in victory after victory. Triumphs are raised on a million worlds to record the epic deeds of his most powerful and deadly warriors. Gleaming citadels of marble and gold celebrate the many victories of the Emperor. The dawn of a new age of supremacy for humanity beckons. The vast armies of the Emperor of Earth have conquered the galaxy in a Great Crusade – the myriad alien races have been smashed by the Emperor’s elite warriors and wiped from the face of history. Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy.