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===Early History===
The Emperor used the genetic templates of the Primarchs to create the Legiones Astartes after the powers of Chaos stole the gestating Primarchs. Those who received gene-seed from template XVII stood apart from their brother Astartes in duty and outlook. They fought with utter devotion and a fanatical zeal. Their original recruits were drawn from the sons of defeated enemies, raised to know the crimes of their fathers and the price of the Emperor's forgiveness. Thus while the other Legions went to war with righteousness, the XVIIth fought with the cold fury that only the condemned and redeemed could know. While other Legions took some time to acquire formal names, the XVIIth was named the '''Imperial Heralds''' right from the start. This wasn't due to any favouritism, but because the Emperor had their role already figured out: to deliver the His ultimatum of submission or destruction, especially against enemies that opposed E-Money for ideological reasons.
Upon defeating an enemy, the Imperial Heralds would empty their libraries and records of any contents deemed heretical or sorcerous. Condemned works, individuals, and buildings would be destroyed in the name of the [[Imperial Truth]] (though they also tended to exterminate the entire population of the places they conquered; see Antarctica). The Imperial Heralds repeated this process again and again all across Terra during the Unification Wars, and during the early [[Great Crusade]]. This earned the Imperial Heralds a nickname among the greater Imperium: '''the Iconoclasts'''.